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REFERENCE TITLE: driver licenses; gender selection |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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SB 1454 |
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Introduced by Senators Rios: Alston, Bradley, Gonzales, Mendez, Navarrete, Otondo, Steele; Representatives Andrade, Engel, Jermaine
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AN ACT
amending sections 28‑3158 and 28‑3166, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to driver licenses.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-3158, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-3158. Driver license or instruction permit application
A. A person who applies for an instruction permit or for a driver license shall use a form furnished by the department.
B. An applicant shall pay the fee prescribed by section 28‑3002 for a driver license or for an instruction permit issued under section 28‑3154, 28‑3155, 28‑3156 or 28‑3225. For a class A, B or C license application, payment of the fee required by this section entitles the applicant to not more than three attempts to pass the written examination or road test within twelve months from the date of the application. The department shall refund an application fee pursuant to section 28‑373.
C. An applicant for an instruction permit or a driver license shall give the department satisfactory proof of the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, sex gender and domicile residence address in this state, if the applicant has a residence address, and that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law. For the purposes of this subsection, if the applicant chooses the applicant's gender as X, an affidavit that states that the applicant identifies as a gender other than female or male and that the applicant signs and submits to the department is satisfactory proof of the applicant's gender.
D. The application for an instruction permit or a driver license shall state the following:
1. A brief description of the applicant and any other identifying information required by the department.
2. Whether the applicant has been licensed, and if so, the type of license issued, when the license was issued and what state or country issued the license.
3. If the applicant was never licensed, the applicant's last previous state or country of residence.
4. The social security number of the applicant.
E. The department shall:
1. Verify that a social security number provided by an applicant is a valid number assigned to that applicant.
2. Retain the social security number in its records.
F. The social security number provided to the department pursuant to subsection D of this section for an applicant's driver license or instruction permit shall not appear on an applicant's driver license or instruction permit unless the applicant requests that the social security number appear on the applicant's driver license or instruction permit as the driver license or instruction permit number. Except as provided in sections 28‑455 and 41‑1954, the department shall not release the social security number to any person unless the applicant requests that the social security number appear on the applicant's driver license or instruction permit as the driver license or instruction permit number. The provisions of this subsection shall be included in each application.
G. The department may adopt and implement procedures to deny a driver license or instruction permit to a person who has been deported. The department may adopt and implement procedures to reinstate a person's privilege to apply for a driver license or permit if the person's legal presence status is restored.
H. On request of an applicant, the department shall allow the applicant to provide on the license or permit a post office box address that is regularly used by the applicant.
I. The department may request an applicant who appears in person for a license, a duplicate license or reinstatement of a driving privilege to complete satisfactorily the vision screening prescribed by the department.
J. If a driver license applicant submits satisfactory proof to the department that the applicant is a veteran, on request of the applicant, the department shall allow a distinguishing mark to appear on the license that identifies the person as a veteran.
Sec. 2. Section 28-3166, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-3166. Driver license content and application; marked licenses; emancipated minors
A. The department shall issue a driver license to a qualified applicant. The driver license shall contain a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee, the license class, any endorsements, the licensee's full name, date of birth and residence address, if the licensee has a residence address, a brief description of the licensee, including the licensee's selected gender of female, male or X, and either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space on which the licensee is required to write the licensee's usual signature with pen and ink. A driver license is not valid until it is signed by the licensee. On request of an applicant:
1. The department shall allow the applicant to provide on the driver license a post office box address that is regularly used by the applicant and that is located in the county in which the applicant resides.
2. If the applicant submits satisfactory proof to the department that the applicant is a veteran, the department shall allow a distinguishing mark to appear on the license that identifies the person as a veteran.
B. An application for a driver license and the driver license issued shall contain the photo image of the applicant or licensee. The department shall use a process in the issuance of driver licenses that prohibits as nearly as possible the ability to alter or reproduce the license or that prohibits the ability to superimpose a photo image on the license without ready detection. The department shall process driver licenses and photo images in color.
C. An applicant who is at least sixteen but under twenty‑four years of age shall provide the department with satisfactory proof of the applicant's legal name and date of birth.
D. If a person is qualified for a driver license and is under the legal drinking age, the department shall issue a license that is marked by color, code or design to immediately distinguish it from a license issued to a person of legal drinking age. The department shall indicate on the driver license issued pursuant to this subsection the year in which the person will attain the legal drinking age.
E. The department shall mark a special ignition interlock restricted driver license issued pursuant to chapter 4, article 3.1 of this title by color, code or design to immediately distinguish it from other licenses issued by the department.
F. If a person is qualified for a driver license but is subject to the certified ignition interlock device limitations prescribed in section 28‑1381, 28‑1382, 28‑1383 or 28‑3319, the department shall issue a license that is marked by color, code or design to immediately distinguish it from other licenses issued by the department.
G. The department shall not include information in the magnetic stripe and bar code of a driver license other than information that the department is authorized to obtain and place on a driver license pursuant to this article.
H. If a minor has been emancipated pursuant to title 12, chapter 15, on application and proof of emancipation, the department shall issue a driver license that contains the words "emancipated minor".